Hat-identifying mark



(No Model.)

D. A. KELLER. HAT IDENTIFYING MARK.

No. 570,642. v PatentedN'ov. 3, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID A. KELLER, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

HAT-IDENTIFYING MARK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 570,642, dated November 3, 1896. Application filed April 10, 1896. Serial No. 587,006. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID A. KELLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hat-Identifying Marks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and economical label or tag adapted to be conveniently attached to a hat or cap, whereby said hat or cap may be readily identified by its owner.

The invention consists of a label or tag constructed of cloth, paper, or other suitable material and of suitable size and shape to pro vide a portion by which it may be conveniently attached to a hat or cap and a portion to receive marks of identification, all as I will proceed now more particularly to set forth and finally claim.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, in the two figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a plan view of the preferred form of label or tag; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a hat, showing my invention applied thereto.

In practicing my invention I cut or otherwise produce from paper, cloth, or other suitable material a tag or label having a tab portion a, gummed on one side, by which it may be secured to a hat or cap, and a blank portion 1), which is adapted to receive marks of identification, and such marks of identification may be applied by printing or otherw1se.

In the preferred form of my invention the tab a is provided upon that side or face on which the identification-marks are placed with an adhesive substance, and when it is desired to apply the tag, label, or mark to a hat or cap it is only necessary to moisten the adhesive side of the tab and stick it to a suitable portion of the hat or cap.

The most convenient place to apply the device is upon the inside'of the sweat-band c, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the portion 6 will be left exposed to view above the sweat-band, whereby the marks of identification, such as the name and address of the owner of the hat to which the label is applied, may be observedand the hat may be readily and easily identified by its owner.

The shape of the device is immaterial, but I prefer that shown in the drawings.

The device, while primarily designed asa hat-identifying mark, may be used or adapted for use for other purposes without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The device may be made from paper-stock, paper, textile fabric, leather, cardboard, and other material suitable for the purpose.

What I claim is--- The herein-described hat-identification mark, constructed as a tag or label, having upon one and the same side or face a portion to receive identification-marks and a gummed portion by which it maybe secured to a hat or cap, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of April, A. D. 1896.

DAVID A. KELLER. Witnesses: CHAS. E. HAGER, RUDOLPH F. Voer. 

